Articles of Interest
April 28, 2013, 3:00am

By Ashley Curtin

While pesticide residue is continuously detected in conventional-grown produce, the Environmental Working Group recently revealed The Clean Fifteen for 2013. The study determined 15 fruits and vegetables that were the “least likely to test positive for pesticide … Read more »

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April 20, 2013, 12:00pm

By Katherine Paul and Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association.

Thanks to the biotech industry’s relentless quest to control our food, McDonald’s, Burger King and even school cafeterias will soon be able to serve up apples that won’t turn brown when … Read more »

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April 18, 2013, 9:00am

By David Biello, Scientific American

The Keystone XL Pipeline would move enough tar sands oil to result in another 181 million metric tons of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere yearly. A new report prepared by environmental group Oil Change International … Read more »

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April 18, 2013, 6:00am

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

For 45 senators, the carnage at Sandy Hook Elementary School is a forgotten tragedy. The toll of 270 Americans who are shot every day is not a problem requiring action. The easy access to guns on … Read more »

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April 18, 2013, 6:00am

WASHINGTON

SENATORS say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of … Read more »

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April 16, 2013, 5:00am

By Joseph E. Stiglitz, The New York Times

LEONA HELMSLEY, the hotel chain executive who was convicted of federal tax evasion in 1989, was notorious for, among other things, reportedly having said that “only the little people pay taxes.”

As … Read more »

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April 13, 2013, 1:00am

By Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News

My brother David has always had the special spark in our family.

Like our two older brothers, David served in the military. When he got out, he started a small business – and when … Read more »

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April 13, 2013, 1:00am

As the world burns, a new movement to reverse climate change is emerging – fiercely, loudly and right next door

by BILL MCKIBBEN

It got so hot in Australia in January that the weather service had to add two new … Read more »

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April 13, 2013, 1:00am

By Harvey Wasserman

The bitter battle over two stricken southern California reactors has
taken a shocking seismic hit.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ignored critical questions from
two powerful members of Congress just as the Government Accountability
Office has seriously … Read more »

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April 10, 2013, 12:00pm

By Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone

New study reveals voting rights are in even worse trouble than you thought

So you think the American electoral system is broken? New research out of MIT lays bare just how bad it really is. … Read more »

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